IHEEM 2019 PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS
thanked the latter for his ‘excellent commitment to IHEEM’, before adding of the current incumbent: “Pete is, of course, a former NHSI head of Profession for Estates and Facilities, and an IHEEM Past- President, and I was delighted to appoint him as CEO. Not only is his knowledge and industry insight second to none, but he is also held in the highest regard by his peers.” Another significant appointment had been that of Tania Davies, an experienced management accountant, to a new role of Chief Operating Officer. Ian Hinitt said: “We are keen to nurture and grow our talent within the team, and will be investing in our staff development to ensure continuity and succession planning for the future. There is a real sense of excitement in the air at our Head Office in Portsmouth, as I’m sure anyone visiting or calling will testify to.”
Engineering Council reaccreditation In July, the Institute had been formally reaccredited for registration by the Engineering Council UK for a further five years. The audit and reaccreditation upheld IHEEM as a professional Institute affiliated by the Engineering Council in offering professional registration to its members as Chartered Engineer, Incorporated Engineer, and Engineering Technician. Growing the membership is a key ambition for IHEEM, and Ian Hinitt reminded delegates that membership is now offered free to NHS organisations joining as NHS Affiliates; currently 48 NHS Trusts enjoy such membership, with the membership benefits offered free to ‘unlimited’ trades staff, technicians, and apprentices.
IHEEM membership is also offered free to Universities joining as University Affiliates, with membership benefits offered to students.
Vice-President’s role
Noting that he was now half-way through his Presidential term, reflecting on IHEEM’s succession planning for the future, and explaining that the Institute was now in the fifth year of its current
Serving the membership
Ian Hinitt turned next to discuss IHEEM’s ‘progress to date’ and his ‘plans on the Five Key Themes’. Beginning with ‘Serving IHEEM’s membership’, he explained that
IHEEM Vice-President, Paul Fenton, with whom Ian Hinitt said he would continue to work closely throughout the remainder of his two-year term.
strategic five-year plan, Ian Hinitt said he would be working for the remainder of his Presidency to conclude the current plan, and to establish a forward five-year plan which he, Council, and the Vice-President, determined appropriate, ‘in consultation with our membership’.
He said: “At my inaugural address last year, I introduced the role of Vice-President as a new position designed to provide succession planning and continuity in strategy. While the President’s leadership will influence the Institute’s direction, I believe the Vice-President role is a huge step forward for IHEEM in ensuring consistency and business continuity through succession planning. (Vice- President) Paul Fenton (a former HEFMA National chair) and I will accordingly be working closely with the IHEEM Board and CEO over the next 10 months in developing the IHEEM forward view.”
the Institute currently has over 2,000 members and 250 Company Affiliates, 12 UK branches, and two international branches in Hong Kong and Ireland. IHEEM regional conferences in Wales, Scotland, and Hong Kong during 2019 had been ‘exceptionally well attended’, and had focused on ‘Sustainability’, ‘Infrastructure’, and ‘Innovation’. With Branch events and Technical Platforms ‘run by a committed network of volunteers’, the Head Office team had almost completed developing a ‘Branch Operating and Resource Manual’ – the aim being to give Branches a series of resources, access to speakers, and information on potential interesting and current topics, to help them select and manage their own events calendar and ‘add CPD value’ for members.
Developing future leaders The healthcare engineering/healthcare estates management sector clearly needed ‘a sustainable pipeline’ of leaders, tradesstaff, and technicians, but the IHEEM President said anyone recruiting for such personnel would ‘acknowledge the great difficulties’. Many NHS estates and facilities staff – himself included – had commenced their careers on national NHS apprenticeship training schemes, accredited specifically for the NHS and run by the ‘now demised’ Regional Health Authorities. Although there were currently no such schemes run nationally, Ian Hinitt pointed to ‘some exemplar regional apprenticeship schemes’, including the Northern and Yorkshire NHS Assessment Centre scheme, run in the North East of England. He said: “I’m delighted to announce that IHEEM has committed the sum of £30,000 a year for four years to the Northern and Yorkshire NHS Assessment Centre, to assist in funding a substantive Apprentice mentor and liaison manager, which will see the scheme’s geographical coverage extend from its traditional stronghold in the North East, across into Yorkshire and beyond.” He continued: “We have also committed
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